The venerable, noble mother, Tārā, is Küntuzangmo (Samantabhadrī) in the sphere of the dharmakāya; Dorje Phakmo (Vajravārāhī) in saṃbhogakāya form; Ārya Tārā in nirmāṇakāya form, as well as Dorje Yangchenma (Sarasvatī), Lhamo Palchenmo (Lakṣmi), and others. These are just some of her many names and manifestations. In the Land of Snows (Tibet) in particular, Khandro Yeshe Tsogyal (Dakini Jñāna Sagara) benefits beings through inconceivable manifestations of co-emergent wisdom. Since, just through supplication prayer, her extremely swift enlightened activity accomplishes the two purposes and spontaneously fulfills wishes, to earnestly practice with perseverance in this tradition is a worthy endeavor.

There are many different Indian and Tibetan traditions explaining this tantra of praise. With earnest devotion, I will explain this tantra according to The Treasure Vase of Essential Great Bliss of Inner Practice, the profound mind-treasure revelation of the omniscient Rigdzin Jikme Lingpa. Twenty-one verses present the twenty-one tārās.

sovereign of enlightened activity will be liberated from the present and future sufferings of saṃsāra11 due to her non-referential compassion. While known as the swift one who benefits beings without even an instant’s delay, she is also the fearless heroine because she has the unimpeded power to grant protection from all fears as well as subdue demons and afflictions. Her wisdom eyes move like flashes of lightning, which symbolizes her omniscient seeing of all phenomena. The sovereign endowed with omniscience, compassion, power, and enlightened activity arose from compassionate tears welling up from the stamen-like eyes in Avalokiteśvara’s face that is like a fully-